Just when Yue Yun led the army to attack Hanning Pass in Guiyang County, the battle under Jingling City has been going on for several days, and in the past few days, the Xiangyang Xinye coalition army has been attacking Jingling City and the small city where Zhou Yu's naval army is stationed.

Fortunately, Zhang Dingbian has been operating in Jingling City for many years, and the people of the Shi clan in the city have been able to be used by Zhang Dingbian, plus Zhang Dingbian has previously repelled Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's 100,000 troops twice, in the past few years, most of the soldiers and civilians in Jingling City have been somewhat immune to the Jingzhou army, and after hearing that the Jingzhou army sent more than 100,000 troops to besiege the city again, the people in the city were not only afraid, but also a little eager to try.

Why is that?

It turned out that when the Jingzhou army came to attack the first two times, Zhang Dingbian had recruited the righteous soldiers in the city to defend the city, and after the two major battles repelled the Jingzhou army, Zhang Dingbian rewarded these righteous soldiers and townspeople, and many people were added to the army by Zhang Dingbian to become officers, which also became a way for the brave people in Jingling City to rise.

Now that the Jingzhou army is attacking again, in the eyes of the soldiers and civilians in Jingling City, this is another credit to them!

After the Jingzhou army arrived outside the city, Zhang Dingbian posted a notice again, recruiting righteous people to assist the army to defend the city, the first two people who had participated in the war and now want to make contributions to the people have enlisted, less than half a day, Zhang Dingbian recruited thousands of village warriors, Zhang Dingbian selected the people who had participated in the war in the first two times and performed well, let them serve as the commander of the township bravery, the chief and other positions, and transferred a group of middle and senior officers from the army to fill in the army, these thousands of township warriors immediately became a combat force that can be used to defend the city.

The city wall of Lingcheng is tall, wide and extremely strong, and the fortifications built by the defenders in the city are all on the city wall, which makes people shudder, and it can be said that Lingcheng has been operated by Zhang Dingbian It is not an exaggeration!

Zhou Yu's small city garrisoned, surrounded by water on both sides, one side faces the direction of Jingling City, if there is an enemy army just attacking the city from here, it will be attacked by the small city and Jingling City in both directions, so the Jingzhou army can only attack the small city of Zhou Yu from both sides of the waterway and one side of the land, Zhou Yu's small city is a military fortress as a whole, although the city is not big, but the city wall is very high and thick, the whole military fort is built for the military, the city wall is full of large and small fortifications, It looks even more terrifying than Jingling City.

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In order to drag all the troops and horses of Yuan Yao's troops in the area of Jingling City and speed up the efficiency of the siege, the Xiangyang Xinye coalition army had to attack Jingling City and the military fort stationed by Zhou Yu's troops on the west side of Jingling City at the same time.

Zhang Yun led 50,000 sailors to attack Zhou Yu's military fort, Zhang Yun ordered 10,000 sailors to land and attack Zhou Yu's military fort from the land north of Zhou Yu's military fort, and he himself personally led the rest of the naval army to attack the remaining two sides of the military fort from the south and west respectively.

Liu Bei led 12,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters and 20,000 Jingzhou troops under Liu Qi to attack the eastern wall of Jingling City, while Cai Mao led 20,000 Jingzhou troops from his headquarters to attack the northern wall of Jingling City, and used 10,000 Jingzhou army iron cavalry arrays on the side as a deterrent in case the enemy army in the city suddenly went out of the city to attack the Xiangyang Xinye coalition army that was besieging the city.

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Jingzhou army and Liu Bei's new field army soon completed the formation, ready to attack the city, in order to cope with this battle, Liu Biao can be regarded as a bloody capital, the arsenal of Xiangyang City arsenal of ordnance materials and equipment, even Liu Bei's troops and horses have been shotguns for artillery, not only the armor and stomach are well-equipped, even the bed crossbow, catapult, rushing car, nest car and other equipment used in the siege are also very complete, Liu Bei's new field army is like this, not to mention Liu Biao's Jingzhou army, that is a well-equipped and sufficient materials.

Liu Qi, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Liu Bei and others gathered in the center of the battlefield, and after seeing the formation of the various armies, Liu Qi said: "Now that the armies have been prepared, let's start attacking the city over there, what do you think?" ”

Cai Mao, Liu Bei and others also knew that even if they had any other thoughts, this Yuan Yao was also a big mountain on their heads, and they could only move other thoughts if they defeated Yuan Yao first, and when they heard Liu Qi's words, everyone responded: "What Gongzi said is very true, now that the military situation is urgent, we should capture this city as soon as possible!" ”

Liu Qi looked at the scene in front of him where all the generals responded to his order, and some arrogance rose in his heart, and he ordered loudly: "Beat the drum!" Besiege! All the generals should also be under the command of their own army! ”

"No, I'll take the order!"

Cai Mao, Liu Bei and others responded to the order, and they all took the generals behind them and went straight to their respective military formations.

"Knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! ”

"Knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! ”

"Knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! ”

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Liu Qi gave an order, and the war drums of the army outside the city sounded in unison, and the atmosphere of the battle immediately rose to the sky, and countless birds and beasts began to flee elsewhere.

Zhang Dingbian stood at the head of the city, looking at the endless military array outside the city, and a trace of solemnity flashed in his heart, if it was only the Jingzhou army, he had already defeated them twice, and this time they naturally could not break through the Jingling City guarded by their own army.

Although he has not yet fought with Liu Bei, the lord has a very high evaluation of Liu Bei and his deployment, saying: Liu Bei is a rare hero in a century, and the reason why he has not been able to rise now is because he lacks the assistance of resourceful people and some luck; Its generals such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others all have the courage of ten thousand people, and their young generals such as Guan Ping, Liu Feng and others are also brave and cannot be underestimated; And that Zhuge Liang is a resourceful person who can make Liu Bei take off, Liu Bei recruits Zhuge Liang, it will be like a fish in water, and sooner or later there will be a time to soar into the sky!

The lord has always had the reputation of knowing people and being good at his duties, and although he still doesn't know the ability of Liu Bei and the rest of his subordinates, he has already fought a big battle with Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei is indeed as the lord said, with the courage of ten thousand people, and his own martial arts are even above himself!

It can be seen from this that what the lord said is true, and the lord naturally thinks so highly of Liu Bei and his deployment, so he should also strengthen his precautions!

Zhang Dingbian thought of this, looked at a middle-aged man with a heroic face beside him, and said: "Zhang Dingbian thought of this, looked at a middle-aged man with a heroic face beside him, and said: "Shan Fu, it seems that in this battle, the enemy army outside the city should be the main attack on the two city walls in the north and east of me, and the Jingzhou army under Cai Mao is arrayed outside my north city wall......"